first posted 2014-10-06 updated 2016-11-18 BMW announces official Formula E factory entry By Tim Biesbrouck – Jul 12, 2017 After Audi announced its factory status in Formula E, BMW confirmed the same this week. Together with their existing partner Andretti Autosport, the German car manufacturer will develop an electric powertrain for Season 5 (2018/19). BMW already supplied the safety car, medical car and course cars since the inception of the. . . CONTINUE
Intensified by Climate Change, ‘King Tides’ Change Ways of Life in Florida from the N.Y. Times – By LIZETTE ALVAREZ and FRANCES ROBLES – NOV. 17, 2016 On Monday morning, shortly after November’s so-called supermoon dropped from view on Mola Avenue, Ft. Lauderdale … Seawater gurgled audibly up through manhole covers and seeped from the grass. Under a sunny sky, the water drowned docks and slid over low sea walls.. . . CONTINUE
“as well as Western Europe’s best-selling luxury car last year.” Third-quarter sales of the Tesla Motors Model S electric sedan surged 59 percent from last year to 9,156 units, the company confirmed to Autoblog today. The sales are about five percent more than our previous third-quarter estimate, since that was a guess based on Tesla’s disclosure of its global quarterly sales. Bloomberg News, which first reported the US sales figures,. . . CONTINUE
MONDAY, JUNE 13, 2016 Over the next two years, Daimler is slated to invest an unprecedented seven billion euro (approximately $7.8 billion in US) to offer all models with electrified powertrains. Usually, such a large sum of money would be invested over a long period of time, but Daimler is leading the industry in doing so over a mere two years. According to Professor Dr. Thomas Weber, a member of. . . CONTINUE
We’re on the verge of a power revolution. Next year is starting to shape up as the year batteries change. Big technology companies, and now car companies that are making electric vehicles, are all too aware of the limitations of current lithium-ion batteries. We’ve seen a plethora of battery discoveries coming out of universities all over the world. Tech companies and car manufacturers are pumping money into battery development. And. . . CONTINUE
May 21, 2015; by Flavia Rotondi and Alessandra Migliaccio Italian Company Uses Sun-Heated Sand to Produce Energy Magaldi Group is using sand to produce and store energy in a 100-kilowatt thermal power demonstration plant in Salerno, a short drive from the famous Amalfi Coast. Production is set to start later this year. “If you’ve ever walked on the beach in the sun and burned your feet,” you know how sand. . . CONTINUE
The Nikola Motor Company emerged from silent mode today to unveil plans for the first-ever 2000 horsepower (HP) electric class 8 semi-truck, dubbed the Nikola One (named after Nikola Tesla). The Nikola One semitrailer will be capable of pulling a gross weight of 80,000 pounds and have more than a 1,200-mile range between stops, the company said. “The reason for the horsepower increase is that with electric motors you only. . . CONTINUE
John Voelcker, Green Car Reports April 9, 2016 6:12 PM suggestion from design engineer James Anders The Internet Fixes The Tesla Model 3’s Controversial Styling The Tesla Motors Model 3′s grille-free front end has raised eyebrows, even among hard-core Tesla fans. No doubt it will contribute to the Model 3′s aerodynamics—Elon Musk has tweeted that Tesla is targeting a ridiculously low coefficient of drag of 0.21;. . . CONTINUE
March 18th, 2016 by Steve Hanley Dig went on to say, “The owner had time to run back, unplug the charger connector and remove his possessions from the car. It took several minutes before the car was ablaze. Normally an electric vehicle fire is not as explosive as it can be in a petrol car. The flames you see in the picture and video were mostly from plastic in the. . . CONTINUE
February 26, 2016 Apple motion to deny FBI to be backed by Google and Microsoft The FBI argues that public safety hangs in the balance if they cannot command tech companies to help with its investigations. The FBI orders that Apple create new software to allow the FBI (and hackers of course) to break into the iPhone 5C. Apple said that assisting the government to crack into the phones is. . . CONTINUE
Porsche will spend about 1 billion euros ($1.09 billion) on production facilities at its biggest plant to make its first-ever all-electric sports car. The Volkswagen-owned manufacturer will create more than 1,000 new jobs at its base in Zuffenhausen in Germany where a new paint shop and assembly line will be set up to build the battery-powered “Mission E” model, Porsche said on Friday. Porsche’s investment in emissions-free drive technology reflects. . . CONTINUE
Debuting this week at the 2015 Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville, Kentucky, the experimental SuperTruck achieves a 115-percent improvement in fuel efficiency over a stock 2009 model. That far exceeds the goal of the Department of Energy-backed SuperTruck program, which aimed for a comparatively smaller efficiency improvement of 50 percent. Proposed Heavy-Duty Truck Standards: for 2018-2029 Wednesday, October 7, 2015 By Aminah Zaghab Clean Cars Advocate The EPA has proposed. . . CONTINUE
The Tesla S-P90D may remain the fastest 0-60 electric sedan: 2.6 seconds! Until the next generation Tesla Roadster comes out in 2016-2017 CONCEPT: since the Tesla sedan is already able to do 0 to 60 mph in 2.6 sec., the roadster will at least do it in 2.5 sec. or less. . . . match or beat the Bugatti Veyron. Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] was the first to successfully pitch EVs. . . CONTINUE
